For Hotels

Make Sustainability Workfor Your Hotel

GGH aims to help hotels understand where sustainability can create environmental and business value — for owners, general managers, sustainability managers and hospitality executives.

The GGH Hotel Pathway

Five steps from intention to credible progress

  1. Step 1

    Understand

    Assess current sustainability practices.

  2. Step 2

    Measure

    Identify important environmental and operational indicators.

  3. Step 3

    Improve

    Develop practical improvement opportunities.

  4. Step 4

    Track

    Monitor progress and results.

  5. Step 5

    Communicate

    Share credible sustainability progress with employees, guests and stakeholders.

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Why It Matters

Sustainability that pays its own way

Hotels face pressure to remain financially competitive while meeting rising expectations from guests, employees and communities. GGH believes the answer is not sustainability as an extra cost — but sustainability as better operations.

Measure what matters. Improve what you can. Communicate what is real.

GGH Services

Sustainability That Makes Business Sense

Global Green Hotel helps hotels improve sustainability through practical assessment, measurement, training, improvement planning, and recognition — reducing environmental impact, improving operational efficiency, cutting unnecessary costs, and communicating progress responsibly.

Sustainability Assessment

An online assessment covering food and food waste, energy, water, waste management, sustainable purchasing, employees, community involvement and sustainability management — with a score, strengths, gaps and recommended actions.

Food-Waste Management

Tools and guidance to measure and reduce food waste, improve purchasing and inventory practices, cut unnecessary food costs and track progress.

Sustainability Improvement Plan

Practical recommendations and an action plan built from your hotel's own assessment results.

Staff Sustainability Training

A members-only learning area for hotel teams — food waste, energy, water, housekeeping, responsible purchasing, waste management and guest engagement.

Sustainability Dashboard

A simple, visual private dashboard: your score, assessment results, recommended actions and progress over time.

GGH Hotel Profile

A public sustainability profile on the GGH website showing your initiatives, progress, location and participation status.

GGH Recognition

Eligible hotels can receive GGH sustainability recognition after completing the assessment and meeting the applicable requirements. GGH recognition is not government certification, accreditation or regulatory approval — and is never awarded simply for paying membership.

Sustainability Reporting

Generate or request simple progress reports summarizing your performance, improvements and measurable results.

Benchmarking

Higher-level plans can compare performance with anonymized GGH benchmarks as sufficient verified data becomes available.

Consulting & Support

Request additional sustainability consulting, implementation support, assessments and training from GGH.

GGH is a developing hospitality sustainability initiative. GGH membership, GGH Assessment, GGH Sustainability Score, GGH Recognition, the GGH Sustainability Program and GGH Hotel Profiles are not government certification, accreditation, or regulatory approval, and recognition is never awarded simply for purchasing a membership.

Membership Plans

Measure. Improve. Save. Demonstrate Your Impact.

Simple annual membership for independent hotels, resorts and international groups. Choose the level that matches your ambition.

GGH Essential

For hotels beginning their sustainability journey.

$290 / year

  • GGH membership
  • Basic sustainability assessment
  • Sustainability score
  • Basic improvement recommendations
  • Hotel profile
  • Member resources
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GGH Professional

For hotels that want to actively improve and measure sustainability.

$790 / year

  • Everything in Essential
  • Detailed assessment
  • Food-waste assessment
  • Sustainability dashboard
  • Staff training
  • Detailed improvement plan
  • Annual progress review
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GGH Leader

For hotels seeking advanced sustainability management.

$1,490 / year

  • Everything in Professional
  • Advanced reporting
  • Benchmarking when available
  • Priority support
  • Additional consulting benefits
  • Advanced hotel profile
  • Enhanced progress tracking
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Large hotel group, resort collection or organization with customized needs? Contact GGH for tailored services.

  1. Choose Plan
  2. Create Hotel Account
  3. Enter Hotel Information
  4. Make Payment
  5. Complete Assessment
  6. Access Dashboard
  7. Start Improving

Ready to Explore What Sustainability Could Do for Your Hotel?

Start a conversation with GGH — no commitments, just a practical discussion about where value could be created.